A revised, updated and expanded edition of this well-established text which seeks to place its coverage of pharmacology and drug usage and effects in the context of nurses' day-to-day work. Nursing points are highlighted in each chapter and it emphasizes the role of the nurse in drug administration and details the drug information which affects nursing care. Various changes have been made since the last edition. The chapter on heavy metals has been discarded as the therapeutic use of these substances has almost disappeared. The sections on muscle relaxants and local anaesthetics have been moved, and oxygen and carbon dioxide have been combined and appear with the chapter on anaesthetic drugs, as the editors believe that they are relevant to the areas of anaesthetics and intensive care. The section on drugs and the eye has been promoted to a chapter, as its content extends beyond the local application of drugs.
A revised, updated and expanded edition of this well-established text which seeks to place its coverage of pharmacology and drug usage and effects in the context of nurses' day-to-day work. Nursing points are highlighted in each chapter and it emphasizes the role of the nurse in drug administration and details the drug information which affects nursing care. Various changes have been made since the last edition. The chapter on heavy metals has been discarded as the therapeutic use of these substances has almost disappeared. The sections on muscle relaxants and local anaesthetics have been moved, and oxygen and carbon dioxide have been combined and appear with the chapter on anaesthetic drugs, as the editors believe that they are relevant to the areas of anaesthetics and intensive care. The section on drugs and the eye has been promoted to a chapter, as its content extends beyond the local application of drugs.
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63 line figures, glossary, index
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Höhe: 17 mm
Breite: 245 mm
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978-0-443-04227-0 (9780443042270)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The role of the nurse in drug administration; drugs affecting the cardiovascular system; drugs affecting the alimentary tract; cough remedies; analgesics; hypnotics; drugs used in psychiatry; drugs used in anaesthesia, cardiac arrest and resuscitation; local anaesthetics and drugs affecting the function of voluntary muscle; drugs stimulating the central nervous system, anticonvulsants and drugs used in Parkinson's disease; the autonomic nervous system; the endocrine system; drugs affecting renal function; chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics; sera, vaccines and antihistamines; drugs used in the treatment of tropical disease and anthelmintics; the vitamins; drugs used in the treatment of anaemia; drugs used in the treatment of malignant disease; drugs at the extremes of age; adverse reactions to drugs - testing of drugs; drug dependence (drug addiction); drugs and the eye; the local application of drugs; disinfectants and insecticides; poisoning and its treatment; the nurse and the pharmaceutical service. Appendices: weights and measures; proprietary and other drug names; information about drugs.
